Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, Sunday, November 21, 2021

Thankfulness.

Today Pastor Michael is handing the reins over to Nick Dowdy.  Nick’s message today is on Thankfulness.  Let’s address what we need to be thankful for.  As believers we can be thankful for the wondrous deeds that God has performed.  The biggest deed is that God sent his only Son to us to wash away our sins.  Jesus willingly died so that we can be reconciled back to God.   The other wondrous miracle is, as a Believer, you have been given a new identity.  He has taken people of this world, a place of acceptance and a place of love.  He has given us a place at His table.  We do not have to question who we are once we have accepted Christ.  God has deemed us worthy.  We can never take this for granted.  

This wondrous miracle, we can hold on to, no matter what.  This is the truth and the single reality of every single Believer in this world. There is nothing that can touch that. 

This is what we have to be thankful for.  It is so easy to get caught up in ‘today’.  We can lose sight, so easily.  

Giving thanks to God is more than checking off a box.  It is more than going through the motions.  It is taking time and stepping back, meditating and thinking of the magnitude and reality of what He has done.  We must allow Him to change our way of thinking.

Thankfulness is a matter of perspective.  We must talk about the works of Christ amongst ourselves and speak about the goodness of God. Thankfulness and peace are linked together.  The peace of Christ should rule in our hearts and we should be thankful.  

Today’s verses are found in Psalms 9: 1, Psalms 100: 4-5, Psalms 107: 21-22, Psalms 118: 1, Colossians 3: 15-17 and Philipians 4: 4-7.